Dickerson v. District Court of Washington County

NIX, Presiding Judge:

This is original proceeding filed by the petitioner, Theodore Dickerson, Jr., for a writ of habeas corpus seeking the dismissal of a detainer. This is in the nature of a writ of mandamus, and this Court will treat it accordingly.

From the Response filed by the state, it appears that the petitioner was sentenced to the Oklahoma State Penitentiary for from two to seven years for the offense of burglary in the second degree by the District Court of Tulsa County and that he was received at the penitentiary on said sentence April 14, 1964; that thereafter on December 13, 1965,…